Abstract
A patient with portal hypertension developed thrombosis of her transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) and the portal vein. The Trellis device (Bacchus Vascular, Santa Clara, CA) was used to achieve rapid lysis of the portal vein thrombus and help restore portal and TIPS patency in a single session.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 327-332 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Seminars in Interventional Radiology |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2007 |
Keywords
- Portal hypertension
- Portal vein thrombosis
- Portosystemic shunt